Whispered Lies by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon [Kenyon, Sherrilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Romance, Adult & contemporary romance, Romance & Sagas, Fiction - Romance, American Light Romantic Fiction, Contemporary, Romantic suspense fiction, Romance - Contemporary, Suspense, Romantic suspense novels, Romance - Suspense, Terrorism - Prevention, Terrorism, Prevention
ISBN: 9781416597421
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-05-12T14:47:51+00:00

Korbin and Rae passed by, but Korbin slowed and ran an appraising gaze up and down Gabrielle.

That just pissed Carlos off, which didn’t improve his tone when he told Gabrielle, “Let’s go.”

She made another huffy noise that he translated as she’d go but that he hadn’t heard the end of her complaints. He nudged her toward baggage claim again.

Carlos kept stealing glances, trying to decide what was different about Gabrielle beyond her clothes, hair pinned up in a sexy twist, and the light makeup that brought out her crystal eyes.

Male heads turned, but she didn’t appear to notice.

Carlos put on his aviator sunshades and scanned constantly, not really expecting a threat here, but always prepared. When she shifted toward the corral of limo drivers, he stepped ahead of her, blocking Gabrielle from a short man dressed in a tailored black suit that reeked of money.

The little man held a white card with ascension below a gold crest with a flying falcon.

Gabrielle stepped up next to Carlos.

The driver said, “Mademoiselle S?”

“Oui, but I prefer English since my companion does not speak French fluently.” Her terse tone indicated any other action would be unacceptable.

Carlos considered giving this guy a shorter nose when the driver sniffed in disdain at his not speaking the local language.

“As you wish, Mademoiselle S, and I will call ahead to inform the office of your request.” The driver took over the luggage except for Gabrielle’s computer bag, which Carlos kept.

He leaned close to her so the driver wouldn’t hear. “You just keep impressing me.”

The smile she tried to smother spread her full lips wide. The dimples winked again. She was the vision of a young, carefree, sophisticated woman in that moment, taking Carlos’s breath.

A woman who might have more secrets than him.

Dangerous combination.

Carlos and Gabrielle loaded into a black stretch limo and rode silently as the car left the airport. He rarely saw cities from this vantage point. Normally he came in under the cover of darkness and left just as silently.

Carlos had expected his cell phone to ding with incoming text messages, but when he checked, he had no signal. “Is there no cellular service here?”

“Yes, but the service has been affected this week by major repairs being made to aging towers. It will normally return quickly…within an hour.”

When the driver headed due east instead of turning north, Gabrielle questioned his route.

“There is a detour for a repair being done on the direct route that would detain us longer than taking the road through la cité, ” the driver explained, using a local term for “the city.”

A tiny gasp escaped Gabrielle and Carlos smiled at her excitement.

“The castle was built in the 1100s,” she told him, quietly explaining how there had been a bloody crusade here at one time. The driver kept to the paved highway to Carcassonne and turned north, driving them past one side of the castle. Visitors walked dusty roads up to the walled fortress and towers that seemed to float above the ground in the hazy morning.

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